Rudiment vs Maxim - What's the difference?

Rudiment is a related term of maxim.

As nouns the difference between rudiment and maxim

is that rudiment is a fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural) while maxim is maximum.

As an adjective maxim is

maximum, greatest, highest.

rudiment

English

(wikipedia rudiment)

Noun

(en noun)

A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).

We learn the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.

* Shakespeare

This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.

Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural).

I have the rudiments of an escape plan.

* Milton

But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit / Those rudiments , and see before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth.

* I. Taylor

The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.

(biology) A body part that no longer has a function

(music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

Hypernyms

* (biology) vestigiality

Derived terms

* rudimental * rudimentary

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maxim

English

Noun

(en noun)

A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.

A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

* 1776 , , Wealth of Nations , page 768:

In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.

Synonyms

* aphorism, cliche enthymeme, proverb, saying * See also